My bedrails, mirrors, and grille were black from the factory. The grill faded a little giving it a dark grey look in bright sunlight. A little armor-all will go a long way to fixing that, guys. However, when my truck was in the body shop last, I had them spray both the engine grille and intercooler grille with black clearcoat to match my paint job. It looks very mean now.

 

what is this i hear about the "cowl screw covers" what is this and how do i check if mine had them. and are the ones without them faster?

 

I dont know bbq, but thet are pretty close.IF YOU HAVE A GREY GRILLE YOU WOULD KNOW IT!!LOL LOL , if thats what your getting at.ive seen lightnings with 2 DIFFERENT grilles

 

Guy's
I'm the one who started the whole grey "grill thing", and mine was undoubtably gray. I am a bit miffed that most came w/ black grills,I even took my truck to the dealership to get instructions on how to pull the main grill piece of to paint it. The guy in the body shop said it had to be painted right on the truck.The bottom piece came right off so no prob there.The main piece I masked off and away I went.Looks pretty good too.I still wish it just would've came black.
Brett
99.5 Lightning

 

Nope. My grill top/bottom is no doubt grey. My mirrors are black. My bed rails are grey. My side steps are black. deffinately grey. No fade because my vehicle hasn't been in the sun much.

 

Everthing is grey on my truck except for the mirrors, side steps, and bumper there black. i want heads on a platter. this is a factory screw up and there gona have ta fix it.. thanks for bringing this to my attention.

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Justen Franklin
Burninout101@aol.com
Beaumont,TX
Alpine 8028 alarm, tint,ventvisors,taillight slots, tonn. cover,remote entery for cover,thinkn about show carpet with svt lightning some how engraved on it,wheel locks, cd changer, going to change to cold air induction, flowmaster exhaust, maybe carbon fiber.

 

I just had a look at my truck, since the new year the whole thing turned grey. My paint wasn't Y2k compliant... I got mine on the 25th of September and the grill matches. Ey your grills may be grey, but we've got the fastest color lightnings on the street!



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99 Black Lightning
Born sometime in 8/99
Enjoys imports for dinner

 

mettalic, burninout,
can you post some pics, or are they on zing so i can see. the one i saw at ports. ford was grey and didnt match the lower grill which was black like all the other ones i have seen

 

Sorry about the pic thing, i wont have pisture till after the end of fab, because of up coming mods, and not enough computer room, sorry but soon as the mods are do the pic will defintly be up

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Justen Franklin
Burninout101@aol.com
Beaumont,TX
Alpine 8028 alarm, tint,ventvisors,taillight slots, tonn. cover,remote entery for cover,thinkn about show carpet with svt lightning some how engraved on it,wheel locks, cd changer, going to change to cold air induction, flowmaster exhaust, maybe carbon fiber.

 

Colors,
I have an early production build #502
and both front grills are black,however
the bed cap rails are dark grey,also my
bed rails have no openings for stake posts
as my friends later Lightning does.
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If anybody actually gets an explanation from Ford or SVT as to why some are black and some are grey I'd sure like to hear it.I had no idea the can of worms I was opening up! Now that mine has been painted do you think I can still get a factory black from Ford just because?
Brett

 

Mine looks black from a distance and a dark gray up close. Its the same color as the cowl and bed rail. #1746 5/31/99 Scott

 

ARE YOU ALL STUPID.LOL LOL ok I know you arnt supposed to use bad words but WAKE UP.if your grills dont look silver like the wheels on your truck then your truck is normal. we are not talking about a shade differnce .WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BRIGHT [expletive deleted by webmaster] SILVER GRILLES. not what shade they are.lol lol lol actually i am crying not laughing

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Badasssvt,
I am not talking SILVER grill,it was charcoal gray.If it's Fords idea of "black" than their idea sux.The red L's and white L's are far darker than mine was,their's are black,mine was charcoal gray.It's basically a moot point now that I painted it black to match the rest of the truck,but when i brought this all up I was in the right when I said it was "gray",I never said silver,you did Anyway...

Brett

 

Thank you for who ever turned me in. I really appreciate it.I was just trying to get a point across in a joking matter.But,i know i am not "known" in a personal matter so i am turned in. let me tell you all something. i like this board vey much, it is the most knowledgable staff of lightning owners anywhere, and is filled with nice people. I will also tell you that in the last month, i have witnessed on 3 occasions somebody also using profanity.NOT ONE PERSON SAID ANYTHING TO them!!!.i also know these are well known people so nobody would want to turn them in.Lets put this to an end and i hope all of you with grey grilles have 75 extra hp in your motors, that is if you can tell the difference.lol